Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . ntioned theDurva grass (Agrostis linearis) and Kusa grass (Poacynosuroides), which form part of the offerings madeto the gods ; as do the leaves or flowers of most of thetrees previously mentioned. The Mahabharata has alegend accounting for the sacredness of the Kusa Garuda brought some of the amrita from themoon for the Nagas, or serpent deities, as the price tobe paid for his mothers release from servitude, Indratried to induce him not to give it to them lest they,becoming immortal, should oust him from his would not consent to th
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . ntioned theDurva grass (Agrostis linearis) and Kusa grass (Poacynosuroides), which form part of the offerings madeto the gods ; as do the leaves or flowers of most of thetrees previously mentioned. The Mahabharata has alegend accounting for the sacredness of the Kusa Garuda brought some of the amrita from themoon for the Nagas, or serpent deities, as the price tobe paid for his mothers release from servitude, Indratried to induce him not to give it to them lest they,becoming immortal, should oust him from his would not consent to this arrangement, buttold Indra that after it was given to them he couldsteal it. Garuda therefore placed the amrita in a ves-sel on the grass, and whilst the Nagas were bathing, * Ward, ii, 204*. SACRED TREES. 487 Indra stole it. They, thinking that the ambrosiamust be on the Kusa grass, licked it ; the sharp spikesslit their tongues, and hence the serpents tongues areforked ; and the grass, having been touched by theamrita, is THE FIG TREK. CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS MINOR DEITIES. I. Shitala. Shitala is the Bengali name for the small-pox, and forthe deity who is supposed to have charge of that dis-ease. The meaning of the word is She who makescold.
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